Monday
21Jan2008
PGA Show Ecclectic
Gary Van Sickle returns from the PGA Show with a succinct overview of the more offbeat and obscure new things in golf gear.
Follow up includes yours truly nominating Rustic Canyon. Shocking, I know.
Books
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Lines of Charm: Brilliant And Irreverent Quotes, Notes, And Anecdotes from Golf's Golden Age Architects -
The Future of Golf: How Golf Lost Its Way and How to Get It Back -
Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design -
The Art of Golf Design -
Alister MacKenzie's Cypress Point Club -
The Golden Age of Golf Design -
The Good Doctor Returns: A Novel -
Masters of the Links: Essays on the Art of Golf and Course Design -
The Captain: George C. Thomas Jr. and His Golf Architecture -
The Riviera Country Club: A Definitive History
Current Reading
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Fifty More Places to Play Golf Before You Die: Golf Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations (Fifty Places Series) -
Sports Illustrated The Golf Book -
Planet Golf USA: The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses in AmericaThe highly anticipated second volume comes to America for more design analysis and stunning photography.
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St Andrews Golf Links: Six Centuries of GolfAnother St. Andrews book to warm us up for the 2010 Open.
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Swinley Forest Golf Club -
Jenkins at the Majors: Sixty Years of the World's Best Golf Writing, from Hogan to Tiger -
The Leaderboard: Conversations on Golf and Life
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The 19th Hole: Architecture of the Golf ClubhouseSI Golf Plus calls this the #1 golf book of 2008.
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World Atlas of Golf: The Greatest Courses and How They are PlayedNew and updated, including contributions from Ran Morrissett and Daniel Wexler.
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Golf in America (Sport and Society)
Fresh and well researched perspective on the history of golf in America -
Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of His Most Spectacular Season -
Pebble Beach: The Official Golf History -
Free: The Future of a Radical Price
Classics
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The Book Of Golfers: A Biographical History Of The Royal & Ancient Game
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A Season In Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish HighlandsA summer in Dornoch.
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Emerald Gems:The Links of IrelandBeautiful images of the classic Irish links.
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Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction -
The Spirit of St. Andrews -
Club Life: The Games Golfers Play -
Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses -
Evangelist of Golf: The Story of Charles Blair MacDonald -
The Course Beautiful : A Collection of Original Articles and Photographs on Golf Course Design -
Reminiscences Of The Links -
Gleanings from the Wayside -
The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes
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